Self-measuring faucet.



No. 653,835. Patented July l7, I900. J. W. ALLISON &. W. H. BAUER.

No. 653,835. Patented July l7, I900.

J. W. ALLISON &. W. H. BAUER.

SELF MEASURING FAUCET. A ication filed x9,1900.

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SELF-MEASURING FAUCETL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,835, dated July 17, 1900;

Application filed April 19, 1900. Serial No. 13,535. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN NV. ALLISON an WILLIAM H. BAUER, citizens of the United States, residing at Sylvia, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self- Measuring Faucets; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in faucets, and especially to a self-measuring faucet, which may also be utilized as an ordinary faucet without using the measuring part of the device.

More specifically, the invention consists in the provision of a stationary spigot member which is apertured and of a turning plug which is held in contact with a flattened portion of the spigot, the adjacent faces of said flattened portions having ducts which when turned into certain positions will allow the liquid to flow through registering passageways either from the spigot into a measuringreceptacle and thence through an outlet passage-way after a slight rotary movement is given to the plug or turned into other positions in which the liquid is allowed to pass directly from the spigot to the outlet passage-way without passing into the measuring-receptacle.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists, further, in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically deflned in the appended claim.

Our invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of our improved spigot. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the spigot and turning plug. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of the turning plug. Fig. 4: is a perspective View of the spigot with turning plug removed,

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings byletter,A designates the spigot, longitudinally apertured, and the outer end of said spigot is flattened, as at A, and said flattened portion is centrally apertured, as at a, and a duct A leads through same and communicates with the longitudinal bore or aperture in the spigot A. An outlet passage-way B leads through the projecting portion B of the spigot, and merging into said outlet passage-way isa second duct 0. These ducts are preferably spaced apart, as shown in the drawings.

The turning plug D has a flattened face D, which is centrally apertured, as at d, and a duct D passes through said head. A curved segment-groove E is formed in said flattened face D and is disposed near the outer margin of the plug. In adjusting the plug'to the flattened portion of the spigot a bolt F is passed through an aperture d in the latter and passed through the registering aperture a in the center of the flattened portion of the spigot, and the lower end of said bolt, which is threaded, carries an adj usting-nut G, between which nut and the under face of the spigot is disposed a spring I-I, whereby the plug may be held against the flattened porti-on of the spigot and the frictional contact of the two flat faces regulated by increasing or diminishing the tension of said spring.

On the edge of the flattened portion of the spigot are secured the two angled stop-pins K and L, which when turned with their free ends upward will be disposed in the path of the recessed rim M of theturning plug, and as one or the other of the shouldered portions D and D comes in contact with said pins the rotary movement of the plugis limited.

When the spigot is used in connection with the measuring-receptacle, the pin L is turned down and theplug may be turned to the left until the shoulder D contacts with the upturned pin K, in which position the duct D will be in registration with the duct A allowing liquid to pass from the spigot into the measuring-receptacle R, which is mounted upon and has screw-threaded connection with the plug D. When the plug is turned in the opposite direction until the shoulder D contacts with the pin K, the duct D will register with the duct B and allow the contents of the measuring-receptacle to pass out through the exit passage-way C.

When it is desired to utilize the faucet without reference to the measuring-receptacle or graduate, the plug is turned so that one end of the segment-groove E will come opposite the end of the duct A while the opposite end of said segment will come into a position over the duct 0, which communicates with the outlet passage-way B. In this adjustment of the plug with reference to-the faucet the pin K is turned down and the pin L turned up to form a stop. As the plug is turned so that the shoulder D will contact with the pin L the end of the segment-groove will be in mg istration with the duct A allowing the liquid to pass through the duct A groove E, and duct 0 to the outlet passage-way. As the plug is thrown to its limit in the opposite direction the shoulder D will come in contact with the pin L and the flow of the liquid will be cut ofi. The pins K and L are frictionally held in apertures in the spigot, and in order to hold same in upright positions to form stops pins N may be placed in apertures in the spigot on either side of said ,pins K and L, as shown.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the device may be equally well utilized as a measuring or as an ordinary faucet, the parts may be easily and quickly taken apart when it is desired to cleanse the faucet, and the tension of the spring may be regulated so that the two contact-faces of the spigot and plug may be held against leakage.

we claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A measuring-faucet comprising the stationary portion having a flattened end, and ducts extending through same and opening through the face of said flattened portion, a turning plug having a flattened portion,and duct lead-' ing through same, a curved recess in the fiattened face of said plug, a central aperture formed through the plug and spigot, a threaded bolt passed through said central apertures which are in registration, a nut on said bolt, a spring interposed between said nut and the under face of the spigot, and the stops for limiting the rotary movement of the turning plug, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN V. ALLISON. WVILLIAM H. BAUER.

WVitnesses:

O. G. AUSTIN,

THOMAS M. BOO-NE. 

